Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Monday, May 29, 2023

Memorial Day 2023—Remembering America's Fallen and Veterans of the Great War


Last American Unknown Burial of the War  (1988)
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, France
(An Unknown Discovered in 2022 Will Be Interred at the
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in June 2023)


Youngest American to Serve in the War
Arlington National Cemetery, DC


Notable Poet of "Rouge Bouquet" and "Trees", KIA
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France


Commanded First Army to Victory in Meuse-Argonne
San Francisco National Cemetery, CA


USMC Double Medal of Honor Recipient, Prewar
Twice Wounded in WWI
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, NY



Theodore Roosevelt's Sons Quentin (KIA) & Ted, Jr.


Last U.S. Aviator to Qualify as an Air Ace in the War


Nurse Helen Fairchild, Died from Mustard Gas
Somme American Cemetery, France


Last Surviving Doughboy of the War
Arlington National Cemetery, DC


Best Remembered Veteran of the War
Wolf River Cemetery, TN


Volunteer and Aviator (KIA)
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France


Black Doughboy with Segregated 93rd Div. (KIA)
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France


Navy Dentist KIA at Belleau Wood
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, France


Soldier of the Northern Russian Expedition (KIA)
White Chapel Memorial Park, Troy, MI


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